Clothes-rack.



PATENTED DEC. 13

v No. 777,185.

N. M. OOYNER. CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

' INVENTOI? J bafi/ J 00 Y WITNESSES I V a i No. 777,185.

UNIT ED. STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

NOAH M. UOYNER, OF FRANKFQRT, 0H1).

CLOTHES-RACK. I

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 77?,185, datedDecember 13, 1904.

' Application filed -lannary 20, 1904. Serial No- 189,8l4- (No model.)

To It whom; it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NOAH M. Cornea, a citizen of the United States,residing at Frankfort, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, havemade certain'new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

, My invention is an improvement in that classof clothes-racks having aseries of hinged or pivoted arms adapted to be extended horizontally andradially or folded in vertical position parallel to each other when notrequired for use. T have combined a series of such hinged arms with abox adapted to contain' them when not in use, the swinging cover or doorof said box being adapted to support the arms horizontally'in positionfor use.

The invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and shown in theaccompanylng drawings, in wh1ch- Figure 1 is-a perspective view of myimproved clothes-rack, the hinged arms beingfolded within the box andthe door or cover thereof secured in closedposition. Fig. 2 is avertical section showing the hinged arms extended in horizontalposition, as in use. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a face view of the upper portion of the apparatus. thehinged arms bemg shown folded within the box and the door of the latteropen. Fig. 5.is a perspective view of the hinged holder to which thearms are pivoted.

A. indicates the box to which the arms B are permanently attached bymeans of a hinged holder C. The box A is rectangular and oblong andprovided with a hinged door a, which constitutes its front. side and isprovided with a top shelf or bracket a. The

.door may be secured in closed position by a catch a or any othersuitable device. The holder C is constructed of sheet or plate metalwhose parallel members are separated by the thickness of the arms B andprovided with loops cto receive the hinge bolt or pivot a. (See Fig. 2.)The arms B are pivoted be tween the plates and adapted to swing intoradial position, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, or to be foldedparallel, as shown in Fig. 4,

the swinging door a of the box is closed, and-- its bracketor shelf athen affords a support for the arms, as will be readily understood. Asshown, the said shelf or bracket a is located a short distance below thetop a or far enough to provide a slot or side opening through which theholder C may project when the arms are extended, as shown in Fig. 2. ThearmsB are then swung laterally from each other or separated radially, asindicated in Fig. 3. When no longer required for use, they are swungback into parallel position,

, and the door a being opened they are pressed back into the box,.asindicated in Fig. ft, and the door a then closed and secured, aslnFig. 1. I thus provide a simply-constructed,

durable, compact, and easily-portable clothesrack which may behung. upwherever desired for use and which protects the hinged arms from dustwhen the same are folded. It is also adapted to be easily manipulatedfor placing the arms in working position or housing them when not inuse.

The box A is adapted to be hung upon a nail against the wall or upon anyother fixed support, or it may be attached to the latter in anypreferred manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,;is-

1. The improved clothes-rack comprising an oblong box, a series of armsand a holder in which they are secured, said holder being hinged to thetop portion of the box within the same, and a swinging door which'closesthe entire front portion of the box, save at the top where the arms areadapted to project when in use, the top portion of said door beingadapted to support the arms horizontally when the door is closed in themanner dethe same when folded laterally and vertically,

scribed.

2. The improved clothes-rack, comprising an oblong box, a series of armsand a holder in which they are pivoted, said holder being hinged to thetop portion of the box, a coilspring applied to the hinge of the saidholder, and tending to throw the arms upward, and a swinging dooradapted to form the front por- IO tion of the box and to hold the armswithin substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

NOAH M. COYNER.

In presence of i D. L. SUTHERLAND, f W. R. BEARD.

